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3. My computer takes an abnormally long time to boot up. During the boot up process, it will sit on a black screen with the cursor visible for about 30-45 seconds before taking me to the log in screen. Windows 7 boots off the SSD, so this feels like unusual behavior.

I previously posted in the Am I infected? thread and ran through a collection of tools. Boopme helped me make sure the computer was clean and sent me here to make a new thread.

Click Start=>type cmd in the search box=>right-click the command prompt from the results in programs and select run as administrator. This is called an elevated command prompt.

Now type sfc /scannow next to the cursor and tap enter (note the space before the slash)

This will run the system file checker utility which checks and repairs system files. It takes a while, so be patient. When it's finished, restart the computer, log-in and test access to the Start=>Control Panel=>Uninstall a program.

Consider what you have recently changed or installed to possibly cause this issue as something in normal mode is the cause.

However, the problem I am experiencing is a little different than the one the user was having in the link. I am getting no response from Windows when I click on Uninstall a Program, while he was getting an error message. I'm unsure if that makes any difference, but I feel like the more clarity there is, the faster my computers problem will be fixed.

Completed sfc /scannow and it said that Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. It gave me a directory to look in for a log. I found the log (CBS.log) but am unable to open it - Access is Denied.

As to Event Viewer: it is logging my unsuccessful click on "Uninstall a Program" with this: The server {06622D85-6856-4460-8DE1-A81921B41C4B} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

OEM means that Windows came pre-installed on your system from the manufacturer.

You should have received recovery disks when you bought the computer.

If you are unable to get to your personal data in Windows, I would recommend making a Linux Live CD (USB flash drive is fine), boot from that, and backup all your personal data on to a removable media.